The use of dual monitors has become pretty standard these days. Modern operating systems have also done a lot to make it easy to switch through multiple windows and programs. Even on laptops, it's pretty easy to create a good work flow. But more space is generally...

I am writing this post from the beautiful outdoor/open library in Hilo, Hawai. Last week, I read the book "Remote" by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. They are the two founding members of signal37 (Basecamp), the company who started Ruby on Rails and is...

Day two started out about the same as day one, but with even more rain. The track was completely covered in water by the time the first cars were going out. In addition to the rain, which for the most part didn't let up all day, we were running more difficult...

The day started off like it often does here in Hilo, wet. The above picture is what the weather looked like just before I took my first run on the track. Having never done auto racing before, I was a little nervous and didn't quite know what to expect. My first lap...

It's been a while since I have posted on Simplistic Thoughts. Moving from Japan back to the US, and then moving again to Hawaii meant a lot of changes. We have been here for just over a year and things are going well. Enough about that....onto racing. For quite a long...

I wrote a post a few months back about my journey to Hawaii Island. After nearly eight years living in Japan, my wife and I decided to come back to the US and chose Hawaii as our new home. We just recently passed the six month mark and all is going well. We were...

I'm not a big fan of heart attacks and I definitely want to avoid back problems. There are a growing number of studies showing how bad sitting all day is for you. The animated video below lists a number of the problems that are caused . (Also see below for what you...

A town full of empty buildings, closed signs, and homeless people. This was the sight I was greeted with after returning to my home town after seven years in Japan. I recently watched "Death by China", a movie about how all the products coming from China, and the...